JS Bach: The Original Lute Works

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Release Date: 2nd Sep 2013
Catalogue No: 98649
Label: Hänssler
Length: 58 minutes

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Bach, J S: Lute Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV995

Work length24:16

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Joachim Held (lute)

I. Prelude

Track length5:53

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$1.30

II. Allemande

Track length5:43

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III. Courante

Track length2:27

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$1.30

IV. Sarabande

Track length2:38

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V. Gavotte I

Track length2:12

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V. Gavotte II

Track length2:41

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$1.30

VI. Gigue

Track length2:42

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Bach, J S: Prelude, Fugue & Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV998

Work length13:11

$3.00

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Joachim Held (lute)

Prelude

Track length2:42

$1.00

$1.30

Fuga

Track length6:15

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Allegro

Track length4:14

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Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Work length21:25

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Joachim Held (lute)

I. Prelude

Track length4:57

$1.00

$1.30

II. Loure

Track length4:02

$1.00

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III. Gavotte en Rondeau

Track length3:13

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IV. Menuet I

Track length1:42

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IV. Menuet II

Track length2:43

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V. Bourree

Track length2:00

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VI. Gigue

Track length2:48

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Rarely performed works by J. S. Bach for lute.

Interpretations by the internationally renowned lutenist Joachim Held.

Recording of the works in their original form.

There has always been a controversy over whether the lute works of the cantor of St. Thomas were really intended for the lute. They were considered unplayable – just as the sonatas for solo violin once were. The alleged unplayable quality of the pieces came about primarily as a result of the fact that they were originally intended for a keyboard instrument – the Lautenwerk. But there is another solution: on this CD, the internationally renowned lutenist Joachim Held performs Bach’s original lute works on the lute. Unplayable? Hard to imagine, because Bach knew the capabilities of this instrument, even had one in his home, where the most prominent lute virtuosos of his time came to visit. On this recording, Joachim Held brings these long-neglected works back to life.

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